Fundraising for an organisation
How to run a raffle on behalf of a group you're not part of — the affiliate path.
Sometimes the person running a raffle isn't part of the organisation that benefits from it. Maybe you're an individual raising money for a local charity, or a business running a fundraiser for a non-profit partner. RaffleLink handles this with affiliates.
The right way to set it up
It's tempting to just create the organisation yourself and get started — but that's the one thing to avoid here. The organisation should own its own presence and its own proceeds. So the steps are:
- Find the organisation you're fundraising for.
- Have them create the RaffleLink account for their organisation. They're the account holder — the bank details and payouts belong to them.
- They invite you as an affiliate. Now you can create and run raffles on their behalf, while the money flows to the organisation.
Why not just create it for them?
If you create the organisation yourself, you've set up your account as the home for their fundraising — including where the money lands. Having the organisation create the account and invite you as an affiliate keeps ownership and proceeds where they belong, and avoids an awkward hand-back later.
What an affiliate can do
As an affiliate you can build and run raffles for the organisation. Depending on the organisation's settings, your raffles may need an admin to review and approve them before they go live — that's a setting the organisation controls. Either way, the organisation stays in charge of its account, its money, and its public page.
Once you've been invited, see Accepting an invitation.